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Chief Washakie Scholarship Recipients Selected at UW

April 29, 2014 — Chief Washakie scholarships recently were awarded to 16
University of Wyoming students for the coming academic year.

They will be recognized at the American Indian Studies
Honoring of Graduates ceremony Friday, May 9, at 6 p.m. in the Garden Ballroom
of the UW Conference Center, located at 22nd Street and Grand Avenue in the
Hilton Garden Inn.

The scholarship program was created in 2003 when the Chief
Washakie Foundation gave $200,000 to UW. Funds were collected to create Chief
Washakie statues in the United States and Wyoming capitol buildings, and the
joint tribal headquarters in Fort Washakie. The gift was matched by the state,
creating a $400,000 endowment that annually produces income for the
scholarships.

The Chief Washakie Memorial Endowment at UW helps students
and educators -- with significant ties to the Wind River Reservation community
-- gain formal knowledge, skills and abilities.

“The spirit of the award assumes that the recipients have,
as part of their ultimate goals, some direct participation, appropriate to
their educational background, in activities that will further the common good
of the people of the Wind River Indian Reservation,” says Debra Littlesun, UW
financial aid scholarships associate director.

The selection committee is composed of representatives of
the Wind River Reservation community and UW. Members are James Trosper, Chief
Washakie Foundation chairman; Mark Harris, co-chairman of the Chief Washakie
Foundation; Zedora Enos, great-granddaughter of Chief Washakie; May Raynolds, a
Lander resident and member of the Chief Washakie statue committee; Littlesun; Angela
Jaime, UW College of Education associate professor; and Amy McClure, UW
Outreach regional office academic coordinator at Central Wyoming College.

For more information about the Chief Washakie Scholarships,
contact Littlesun at (307) 766-2411 or email dreed14@uwyo.edu.